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Financier Extradited for $10M Ponzi Scheme Fraud

12/24/2025

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  • Matthew Melton, a financier, was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States on securities and wire fraud charges.
  • Authorities allege that Melton ran a Ponzi scheme through investment fund Price Physics, promising investors monthly returns of 10 percent.
  • Instead of using a proprietary trading algorithm as claimed, Melton used new investors' money to pay older investors and funded spending from 2018 to 2020, and is jailed in Brooklyn.